Chuxiong Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Chuxiong, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 26°C on May 1 to 28°C on May 31, and lows from 12°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 27°C
Average low: 14°C
Precipitation: 71 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CMay 23, 2012
Reanalysis low: 5°CMay 16, 2006
Daylight: 13 h 06 min to 13 h 35 min
Cloud cover: 64%
Humidity: 60%
Dew point: 11°C
Wind: 13.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	26°C	12°C	30°C 2014	8°C 2006	20%
May 2	27°C	12°C	31°C 1994	11°C 2015	20%
May 3	27°C	13°C	31°C 1994	10°C 2003	20%
May 4	27°C	13°C	31°C 2012	8°C 2007	21%
May 5	27°C	13°C	31°C 2019	10°C 2007	22%
May 6	27°C	13°C	31°C 2019	10°C 2011	23%
May 7	27°C	13°C	30°C 1994	10°C 2014	23%
May 8	27°C	13°C	31°C 2019	10°C 2014	25%
May 9	27°C	13°C	32°C 2012	9°C 2001	26%
May 10	27°C	13°C	33°C 2012	10°C 2001	28%
May 11	27°C	13°C	33°C 2012	9°C 2001	29%
May 12	27°C	13°C	33°C 2012	9°C 2007	29%
May 13	27°C	13°C	32°C 1994	9°C 2007	30%
May 14	27°C	13°C	32°C 1994	5°C 2006	32%
May 15	27°C	14°C	33°C 1994	7°C 2006	33%
May 16	27°C	14°C	32°C 1997	5°C 2006	33%
May 17	27°C	14°C	33°C 1997	10°C 2007	35%
May 18	28°C	14°C	33°C 2012	11°C 2006	37%
May 19	28°C	14°C	34°C 2019	8°C 2004	40%
May 20	28°C	14°C	34°C 2019	8°C 2004	41%
May 21	28°C	14°C	34°C 2012	8°C 2000	43%
May 22	28°C	14°C	33°C 2014	10°C 2000	45%
May 23	28°C	15°C	34°C 2012	13°C 2005	46%
May 24	28°C	15°C	34°C 2012	13°C 1998	47%
May 25	28°C	15°C	33°C 1994	10°C 1998	46%
May 26	28°C	15°C	34°C 1994	13°C 1998	48%
May 27	28°C	15°C	33°C 2009	13°C 1999	48%
May 28	28°C	15°C	33°C 2005	13°C 2001	49%
May 29	28°C	15°C	34°C 2005	12°C 2009	50%
May 30	28°C	15°C	33°C 2014	13°C 2009	52%
May 31	28°C	15°C	34°C 1995	12°C 2004	53%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1: sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 7:44 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 7:59 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.